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Even at sublethal levels, pesticides may slow the recovery of wild salmon populations

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biologists determined that short-term, seasonal exposure to pesticides in rivers and basins may limit the growth and size of wild salmon populations. In addition to the widespread deterioration of salmon habitats, these findings ...





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First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published

First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Project Paphlagonia is the first fully published multi-period archaeological and historical survey of the little explored region of north-central Turkey. Today this region includes the provinces ...


Better education associated with improved asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Individuals with more education suffer less from asthma. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research have found that having less than 12 years of formal schooling is associated with w ...


NASA Calculates a Carbon Budget for California

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- While world organizations struggle to find a benchmark and tracking standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, NASA has been supporting California’s new carbon emissions inventory report, using its satellite ...


IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today, IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years.



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